Minami Kumai Castle
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History
<see Kita Kumai Castle>
Visit Notes
The ruins of Minami-Kumaijō are now the site of Shōrinji; this name (Pine Forest Temple) is apt as shaded beneath the tall trees where spiders make ornate their palaces of web, the castle's ramparts sit taciturn and brooding in the shade. Peering through the pines we can spy these sullen ruins. My favourite view was at a junction where a koshiguruwa (hip bailey) met with a large climbing trench. I took the place where a small shrine squatted to be the middle bailey and on above that there was a now farmed bailey with a masugata gate complex arrnagement leading between it and the temple structures below.
| Castle Profile | |
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| English Name | Minami Kumai Castle |
| Japanese Name | 南熊井城 |
| Founder | ??? |
| Year Founded | ??? |
| Castle Type | Hilltop |
| Castle Condition | Ruins only |
| Historical Period | Pre Edo Period |
| Artifacts | Dorui, Kuruwa, Karabori, Horikiri |
| Features | trenches |
| Visitor Information | |
| Access | Shiojiri Station on the Chūō Main Line; walk 35 minutes |
| Visitor Information | 24/7; free |
| Time Required | one hour |
| Location | Shiojiri, Nagano Prefecture |
| Coordinates | 36° 7' 25.36" N, 137° 58' 16.10" E |
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| Admin | |
| Added to Jcastle | 2019 |
| Contributor | ART |
| Admin Year Visited | Viewer Contributed |
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